Invincible Dependency

Choose the Biblical character you admire most, and no matter how different he or she may have been than any other hero or heroine in the Bible, you will find they all have at least one thing in common. They operated in a place of what I call invincible dependency. All the glorious Biblical exploits that inspire and encourage us were transacted from this condition.

Yes, we could simply call it faith, but “invincible dependency” encompasses the effect of faith as well as its definition. In other words, when we are dependent upon God we are truly invincible.

“Invincible dependency” contains a built-in paradox, for anyone who is dependent upon something else is not invincible because if you take away the thing he is dependent upon he becomes quite vulnerable. But what if the thing he is dependent upon cannot be taken from him? What if no power in heaven on earth or from hell itself could ever separate him from it? Then, regardless of his natural weaknesses or external circumstances, because of his attachment to that indomitable thing, he becomes invincible.

The Scriptures declare us to be “more than conquerors” not because we are or will ever be stronger than our foe (or even our flesh for that matter) but because we are forever attached to the One who is far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. (Ephesians 1:21)

He is the invincible One on whom we depend.